Coffee and Cards with Deb & Celeste / April 2020

Celeste and I are back together ( in a social distancing kind of way ) for our April edition of Coffee and Cards . This month we are paying tribute to healthcare workers. I can't say enough about everyone on the front lines during this COVID-19 pandemic. I see all of their hard work and dedication at the hospital I've worked at for over 30 years  ( most of them in the ICU ). I'm no longer in direct patient care but certainly can understand the day to day challenges of caring for these patients. It takes a toll - both physically and mentally. And the impact will be felt for years to come.

I just received the EMMA stamp set by The Ink Road  this past week and she was just perfect for this card. The COVID  image is also from  Ink Road.  Although this is a female depiction, I am also honoring all of the male healthcare workers . Celeste is a medical assistant and I'm an RN. I feel like it's so important to acknowledge the fabulous job our front-line workers are doing !! This is our salute to them !!

• I stamped Emma, the COVID image and the sentiment onto watercolor paper with Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink.
• I stamped the mask image onto a variety of patterned papers then fussy-cut them.
• The nurse was fussy-cut, then colored with a variety of my favorite markers.
• I adhered a scrap piece of street scene paper onto a black card base.
• The COVID image was made with a scalloped circle punch.
• I placed red rhinestones around the edge of the scalloped circle - every other space.
• The sentiment was adhered in the lower left corner of the card base.
• I placed the COVID image towards the top left.
• The nurse was popped up with foam tabs towards the bottom right side of the card base.

While we are thanking healthcare workers on the front lines, I also can't forget to thank ALL essential personnel who are still working to help us in this time of crisis. Grocery store workers, bank employees, mechanics, food service workers - just to name a few. We will get through this by supporting each other !! And I see examples of this every day at the hospital - with food donations for the staff, with masks made by co-worker's family members, with team members offering child care to others.

I am drinking tea this month and using a cool new steeper. It's a silicon rabbit holding a carrot. The loose tea goes in the carrot and then the rabbit sits on the edge of your cup as the carrot goes in the hot water to make your tea .. The tea is Garden Grove Green Tea from Plum Deluxe . It has dried cherries,  jasmine flowers, rose petals and vanilla . I'm using a classic Starbucks cup this time. 

Thank you for visiting Meticulosity again.I hope that you are all staying safe .  Take care of yourselves and each other. Please take a look at the card that Celeste has created this month over at her blog -   Crafting Junky.We appreciate you joining us each month  for our Coffee & Cards collaboration !!

Until next time - Stay Creative ( and safe )

Debra Davison / Meticulosity